8-March-2024
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After a decline in the past two years, real wages are now growing on an annual basis in several countries but remain below 2019 levels in most. In Q3 2023, yearly real wage growth was positive in 25 of the 35 countries with available data at 1.4%.
9-March-2023
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Among the various short-term responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, teleworking appears to have evolved into a more permanent change in working practices. However, much remains unknown about its impact on employment relationships within firms.
27-February-2023
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Unemployment benefits (UBs) play a vital role in insuring individuals against income shocks and stabilising aggregate demand during times of crisis. Recent labour market upheavals, as well as new insights emerging from research, have highlighted the need for more tailored benefit systems, able to deliver timely benefits in a worker-centred, recession-ready way.
19-March-2021
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There is a real danger that the COVID-19 pandemic will increase poverty and widen inequalities, with the impact felt for years to come. Countries now need to do everything they can to stop this jobs crisis from turning into a social crisis. Here is the latest OECD work on the impact of COVID-19 on employment and jobs, along with OECD recommendations and policy advice on how to best to bridge to the recovery phase.
22-March-2020
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This policy brief is a first attempt at setting out the employment and social-policy tools at governments’ disposal to counter the economic and social impact of the Covid-19 crisis. It is accompanied by an overview table of countries’ policy responses, available online, which will be continuously updated.
31-January-2020
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Mexico’s employment rate is low compared with other OECD countries. Women, youth and older workers in particular face many challenges in the labour market.
11-December-2018
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Profiling tools, which assess the job finding prospects of jobseekers, differentiate jobseekers likely to become long-term unemployed from jobseekers likely to find work quickly. Thereby they help to deliver employment services more efficiently.
31-July-2018
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Female labour participation has grown enormously in the Netherlands, but gender gaps in labour market outcomes persist. The gender pay gap for full-time workers is 14%, close to the OECD average, and the gender gap in working hours is large, as most women work part-time.
31-July-2018
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Better access to education and affordable housing would help strengthen the skills of the workforce, increase labour mobility and reduce skills matches.
28-March-2018
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Policy Brief on the Future of Work: Putting faces to the jobs at risk of automation